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FULLY-eXeMPt PLAYeRSscott Verplank (Continued)t4 at the arnold palmer Invitational after posting a finalround,1-under 69...His bogey-free, 8-under 62 in the finalround of the travelers championship en route to a t9 wasthe low round on Sunday and just a stroke off his careerbest18-hole score of 61...Kept that pace up two weekslater at the John Deere classic. a second-round, 7-under64 led to a second consecutive t9, his third top-10 of theyear...posted a t8 at his next start, the rBc canadianopen, for his fourth top-10 of the year...Landed his fifthtop-10 of the season with a t9 at the Barclays where heranked t1 in putts per round (26)...Earned second consecutivetop-10 in the playoffs with a t2 at Deutsche Bankchampionship, one stroke behind winner Steve Stricker.Birdied the 18th hole on Sunday to tie Jason Dufner forfirst at 16-under. However, Stricker birdied the last twoholes to finish at 17-under. one of three players (alsoDufner and padraig Harrington) to shoot four rounds inthe 60s for the week. ranked t1 in greens In regulation(56 of 72, 77.8 percent) and t2 in Fairways Hit (46 of 56,82.2 percent) for the week...Finished 22nd at tHE tourchampionship. Has seven top-10 finishes in nine starts attHE tour championship. 2008: made 18 of 24 cuts to gowith eight top-25 finishes...In 19th time playing competitivelyat riviera cc dating back to 1987, claimed his bestcareer finish, a t5, at the Northern trust open...Finishedt3 at the children’s miracle Network classic on strengthof opening rounds of 64-64. 2007: Earned first tour winsince 2001 at the EDS Byron Nelson championship. Winfor Dallas resident was especially memorable, as he hadstrong ties to tournament namesake Byron Nelson, whopassed away in 2006. overcame a three-shot deficit toLuke Donald in the final round and fired four rounds inthe 60s en route to the victory by one stroke over Donald.Nelson died Sept. 26, 2006 at age 94. But Nelson’s wife,peggy, holding one of her late husband’s trademark hats,was there for a hug. “Byron would be very, very happy forScott. I am, too. the friendship they had, it’s great to seeit culminate this way,” said peggy Nelson...Finished 14thin FedExcup on the strength of the win and eight othertop-10s...Notched fifth and sixth career top-10s in majorswith a t7 at the u.S. open at oakmont cc and a t9 at thepga championship in tulsa, oK...t5 at the Buick openpushed him over the $20-million mark in career earnings...Was4-0-0 for victorious united States presidentscup team. 2006: Finished in the top 50 on the moneylist for the seventh consecutive season, and named asa captain’s pick by tom Lehman for the u.S. ryder cupsquad…Was t2 at the Bob Hope chrysler classic, his10th career runner-up finish. Entered final round onebehind chad campbell, but finished with a 1-over-par73 to place three behind campbell...In next start, secondrunner-up finish of the season came as part of a five-waytie, seven strokes behind winner J.B. Holmes at the FBropen in phoenix. 2005: First top-10 of the season cameat tHE pLaYErS championship, where he finished t2,one behind winner Fred Funk, after playing 31 holes onmonday. missed an 8-foot par putt on the 72nd holethat would have tied Funk. Just his second top-10 in theevent in 13 appearances (t8, 2003)...two strokes backafter 36 and 54 holes at the u.S. Bank championship inmilwaukee, but recorded a closing one-over 71 to finishsecond. It was his fourth runner-up finish since winningthe 2001 Bell canadian open, his last victory on tour...playing in first presidents cup, posted a 2-2-1 record forvictorious u.S. squad...Finished solo third at tHE tourchampionship, posting four rounds in the 60s. 2004:Despite suffering from plantar fascitis, an ailment in hisright foot for much of the year, finished among the top 30money winners...5-under-par 67 final round at the Fordchampionship at Doral forced a playoff with craig parry.on the first playoff hole, parry holed his second shot fromthe fairway on the par-4 18th for an eagle and the victoryover Verplank...matched his career-best performance ina major with a t7 at the British open. His other t7 cameat the 2001 pga championship. 2003: recorded top-10sat tHE pLaYErS championship (t8), masters (t8) andu.S. open (t10)...recorded first runner-up finish on toursince losing a playoff to robert Damron at the 2001EDS Byron Nelson classic by finishing t2 at the FuNaIclassic at the Walt Disney World resort. 2002: Namedwinner of the 2002 Ben Hogan award, given by the golfWriters association of america to an individual who hascontinued to be active in golf despite a physical handicapor serious illness...playing in his first ryder cup, posted arecord of 2-1-0. 2001: Finished in the top 10 on the moneylist and earned more than $2 million for first time in hiscareer, completing the season with a victory...openedwith an 8-under 62 to take first-round lead at VerizonByron Nelson classic. Shared second- and third-roundleads after rounds of 67-68. closing 66 produced playoffwith robert Damron. Damron won playoff with birdie onfourth extra hole...Following t7 at pga championship,selected by curtis Strange as one of two captain’schoices for ryder cup team. First ryder cup rookie tomake team as captain’s choice...three weeks later,earned fourth pga tour victory at Bell canadian open.Second-round 63 at royal montreal, after an opening 70,lifted him into contention. third-round 66 put him onestroke ahead of paul gow and Dicky pride. closing 67produced three-stroke victory over Bob Estes and JoeySindelar. 2000: returned to the winner’s circle for the firsttime since 1988 with victory at reno-tahoe open. trailedthird-round leader Jean Van de Velde by five strokesafter 54 holes. Final-round 67 earned a tie with Van deVelde, and Verplank won playoff with an 8-foot birdieputt on the fourth extra hole. 1999: made 26 starts, makingcut in 19...Finished in the top 10 once during the yearwith solo eighth at the John Deere classic. 1998: Lostplayoff to trevor Dodds at greater greensboro chryslerclassic on first extra hole...Finished fifth at tHE tourchampionship...Earnings of $1,223,436 placed him 18thon money list, highest finish by Q-School grad since JohnDaly was 17th in 1991...With Daly, represented unitedStates in World cup of golf and won individual title with9-under-par 279, one stroke better than Nick Faldo andcostantino rocca...chosen by his peers as pga tourcomeback player of the Year. 1997: Finished as medalistSection 2 Player BiograPhiesPGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 2-4events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank1983a 11984a 1 11985a 5 2 1 1 11986a 5 3 1 21986 13 5 1 2 $19,757/1771987 31 12 2 34,136/1731988 28 19 1 1 3 9 366,045/311989 28 15 1 3 82,345/1411990 27 18 1 1 4 7 303,589/471991 26 1 3,195/2661992 13 1 1,760/3091994 19 14 1 8 183,015/971995 25 20 4 10 332,886/551996 12 10 4 88,801/1711997 21 10 1 4 113,254/1591998 27 22 2 1 10 14 1,223,436/181999 26 19 1 8 474,260/822000 28 24 1 6 16 1,747,643/222001 26 24 1 1 1 8 16 2,783,401/102002 26 21 4 12 1,217,022/502003 26 23 1 1 8 13 2,306,714/192004 24 23 1 1 6 13 2,365,592/202005 25 21 2 1 5 13 2,580,213/162006 25 20 2 4 9 1,729,319/402007 23 19 1 1 10 11 98,812/14 3,114,289/122008 24 18 1 3 8 101,197/48 1,359,620/772009 24 19 1 6 11 1,245/10 2,092,114/382010 22 16 1 3 6 813/70 1,653,190/45total 581 400 5 13 8 91 202 26,175,596nAtionWiDe toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank1992 11994 1 1 $220/309total 2 1 220* Majors and World Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*PGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97masters cut cut cut cutu.S. open t34 t15 cut t61 t18 t21British open cut cutpga cut cut t31 cuttHE pLaYErS cut cut cut cut WDtour championshipt8the Barclays t54 t47 cut t44 cutBmW championship 1 cut cut t41 cut t16 cut t17 cut t39Year 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10masters cut cut 43 t8 29 t20 t16 t30 cut t18u.S. open t49 t17 t46 t22 cut t10 t40 cut cut t7 t29 t47British open t15 cut t30 t37 cut t7 t23 t31 t57 t58 t76pga t54 t34 cut t7 cut cut t62 t34 cut t9 cut cut cuttHE pLaYErS t11 t32 t20 t44 t28 t8 t26 t2 cut t44 cut t49 t13tour championship t5 14 t5 t9 t7 3 t5 22accenture match play championship t17 t17 t17 t33 t33 t33 t17 t33 t33 t33Bridgestone Invitational t17 t58 t46 t19 t51 t59 t9 t20 t51 t39ca championship t48 cNL t15 t51 t54 t62 t38 t40 t30the Barclays t11 t28 t35 t12 t9 t68Deutsche Bank championship t63 t2 WDBmW championship t9 t55 cut t15 t13 t19 t11 t34 t30 t30 t28 t38 t67nAtionAL teAMS: the presidents cup (2), 2005, 2007; ryder cup (2), 2002, 2006; Worldcup (2), 1998, 2004; Walker cup (1), 1985.pgatour.com PGA TOUR 2011 Guide2-199